Marking Gauge

This is a home-made mortising/marking gauge. It is essentially the product of items from around my workshop coming together to make a very solid, functional marking tool for short distances of less than 5″, as well as the capability to mark a double-line for mortise and tenon joints. The beam is a short scrap of aluminum Incra T-track. The sliding fence is made of walnut, sycamore, and hard curly maple. The fence locks in place with a 1/4-20 stainless steel bolt that slides in the track and is tightened with the knob on top. The knob was once the front knob on a “Champion” No 5 hand plane that my friend Dave Paine had turned a new set of handles for. I embedded a t-nut inside of the knob and glued on a cap made from walnut. All of the wood surfaces are finished 3 coats of tung oil.